I'll have some rice cereal please

Bodhi has begun eating solid foods.  He is finally starting to enjoy eating rice cereal as long as it is not too thick.  At first he would gag when trying a new food, but he is beginning to get used to the new textures.  He has tried rice cereal, mashed up banana and sweet potato. He likes to feed himself and grabs for the spoon and puts it in his mouth.  of course he also grabs for the bowl and the extra spoon that I use to try to feed him.   

He sometimes feeds himself with his nuby self feeder.  He actually likes that best since he gets to feed himself and it's great because you can put whole foods inside the bag and they can chew to their hearts content.  With the feeder, Bodhi has tried apples, grapes, banana (super messy), pear, and peaches.  

teething is no fun

Bodhi started teething this week.  Ugh!  It is no fun.  He hasn't been sleeping well and is quite miserable.  The bottom two teeth cut through his gums this week.  At the same time, he is trying to get over his cold that he caught last week.  My poor sweetie pie.  I hope he feels better soon.

one last hurrah...

It's my final week off with Bodhi.  Sherry and I decided to try one more time at Disneyland before I have to go back.  We tried once before and it was quite difficult, but we learned some important lessons and were ready to try again.

Mason, of course, had a great time.  He loves it there.   The first time we tried to do too much and wake the babies to go on rides... which they hated.  This time we let them rest when they wanted to and things went much more smoothly.

With this new philosophy, even the babies had a great time.  Bodhi had a good time looking at all the people and even riding a few rides.  No crying at all this time...

And that was it.  Even outnumbered 2 to 3 we kept everyone happy and had a great day.  Thanks to Sherry for making my last week so fun!

half birthday

Bodhi's half birthday was on the 16th of this month. The last six months have gone by so fast! He is learning new things everyday. He recently learned how to creep (not quite a crawl) and has been practicing how to sit up. He smiles and laughs a lot and likes to look at everything that Mom and Dad are doing. The immunizations this time were not that bad. In fact Bodhi didn't even cry after the first shot. But, of course, he definitely felt the second and third shot and let it be known that he was not happy, ouch! Several days later he got a fever and Ray and I thought it was related to his shots. But, it was something entirely different. He had a fever for about three days before he got a terrible rash. Turns out he caught Roseola which is a viral infection that is common in babies. Poor little guy. He was so miserable. He ended up sleeping in our bed for a couple of nights since he would cry every time we put him in his crib. We were all happy when it all cleared up a few days later. He is a happy baby again. Yay!


A 6 month birthday gift from Grandma and Grandpa Cazzell.

What fun!

"the scrunchy face"


look at me go!

mr. mom

So, a lot of people ask me what I do with all my time while I'm staying at home with Bodhi.  Well, basically, I'm a stay-at-home mom, and I do what most housewives do.  With Bodhi acting as my little Mr. Miyagi, of course.

"Show me, vacuum the room!"

We clean the whole house together, vacuuming, sweeping, dusting... all that good stuff. This is one that Bodhi really likes, sometimes he even falls asleep in front there, even with the vacuum running. Cute stuff.

"Show me, wash the cup!"

Then we do all the dishes.  Bodhi is not so good with this part.  He likes to grab ahold of things a lot.  He also likes to try to eat the faucet if I get him too close.  And, of course, we have to be careful not to splash him with the hot water!

"Show me, cut the carrot!"

Then we make dinner for Jen.  He also really likes this part.  He likes to see all the food being prepared and see all the pretty colors.  I do have to put him down for a while if I'm chopping onions, though.  Don't need any extra crying from Bodhi.  Gotta watch out for those tiny toes with that knife, too!

So that's a day in the life of Ray and little master Bodhi.  Why?  What did you think we do all day? Sit around in our underwear, drinking beer and watching TV?

beach day

Today was a great day for the beach.  It was warm and a little windy, so Sherry and I gathered up all our stuff, grabbed the kids and headed down there.  We had a good time, playing in the water and flying kites (I'll let Sherry tell you about chasing the kite across the beach when it got away... hilarious).  After a little while though, the littlest ones started to get tired and cranky so we had to head back.  The walk back home is always a lot longer than the walk down, but we made it.  The babies fell asleep on the way.  Jen came home a little bit later that evening and we ordered some dinner.  Okay, so Bodhi cried a lot while we were at the beach... at the time we called it "not a complete disaster."  But now that I think back on it, it was really quite fun.  

twins!

Dahlia and Bodhi are 4 months apart but, for some reason, everyone always asks if they are twins.  I've developed a sense of humor about it now, "Are they twins?"  "Yeah, she's 9 months and he's 5." ...*puzzled looks*... "Oh, they're not identical twins"  "Ooooh.  wait..."  *more puzzled looks*  

So what do you think?   Do we look like twins?

Seriously, though.  Bodhi and Dahlia really get along well, they love to look at each other and grab at each others' faces.  It's going to be fun watching them grow up together.